Nutrition Assessment

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  State ONE topic in nutrition that interests you and that you would like to learn more about 

Of all the topics in nutrition, the one which interests me the most is food allergies. As a cook, I cook things by not their calories but their taste so this makes me blind against some nutritional knowledge as I stated I also need to make sure my customers, friends, and family are safe with the ingredients. I really wanted to learn about food allergies and make myself a better cook with the knowledge I have so I can cook for everyone with every kind of allergy. 

• Do you feel, currently and in the future, nutrition will play a more important role in the culinary industry? Explain why or why not?

Even though we are still getting educated on old methods and ways of cooking, we can't just turn our back on science. Nutritional science covers pretty much every aspect of cooking and people are interested in this more than ever. Since everyone has an idea of what are they eating or what should be eating according to what they have been told they are demanding diets for this. So this is one of the reasons why nutrition will play a critical role n the culinary industry. Customers are having knowledge of what their body needs and what they should be eating. And this leads them to have proper eating habits and diets. 

• Choose a credible nutrition website 

https://www.fda.gov/food

 

 

The Food and Drug Administration(FDA) is a credible nutrition website because it covers the entire drug and food industry in the USA but also you need to get FDA approval if you want to publish your drugs or foods in the market as well. 

FDA Mission

The Food and Drug Administration is responsible for protecting the public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, and medical devices; and by ensuring the safety of our nation's food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation.

 FDA is responsible for advancing the public health by helping to speed innovations that make medical products more effective, safer, and more affordable and by helping the public get the accurate, science-based information they need to use medical products and foods to maintain and improve their health.

• Choose a not credible nutrition website
  
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https://www.health.com/

Health.com might have good intentions but if you check their articles about food and nutrition their authors are not experts yet still giving recommendations about foods. They are advertising celebrity products and everyone with no degree in some subjects shouldn't be reliable.

References;

Commissioner, O. of the. (n.d.). What we do. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Retrieved November 8, 2022, from https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/what-we-do#:~:text=FDA%20Basics-,FDA%20Mission,and%20products%20that%20emit%20radiation.